Joe Biden picks Indian-American Neera Tanden to head powerful budget office: Reports
NEW YORK: Joe Biden, who is to become US President in January, has picked Indian-American Neera Tanden, a controversial close confidante of the Clintons, to head the powerful White House Office of Management and Budget, according to several media reports. But opposition to Tanden was welling up Sunday night soon after the news of her […]
Kamala Harris becomes first Indian American to win Vice Presidency in US Elections
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON: Kamala Harris made history on Saturday with her election as Joe Biden’s vice president, becoming the first woman, first Black American and first Asian American to win the second highest U.S. office. Harris, 56, is widely seen as an obvious candidate for the Democratic Party nomination in 2024 should Biden, who […]
Indian-American Rajesh Subramaniam named FedEx President
NEW DELHI: Indian-American Rajesh Subramaniam has been named as the president and chief executive officer of US multinational courier delivery giant FedEx Express. Subramaniam, currently the executive vice president, chief marketing and communications officer of FedEx Corporation, will assume his new role on January 1, 2019. He replaces David L Cunningham at the Tennessee-headquartered company. […]